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Still one of my favorite romantic-comedies, and one of the few that the men in my life have enjoyed as much as the women. A middle-aged man in a crumbling marriage meets a young, professional ladies-man, and hilarity and drama ensue. This movie is goofy fun, and hits the spot when I just need a good laugh and a real-world-but-not-too-heavy love story.

Fun, sexy and sweet. I'm a sucker for mid-life love, flawed people and happy endings. Also? Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling have one of the best on-screen kisses, ever. Yeowza!

SpencerSpencer
Apr 28, 2015

The movie wasn't bad. Nothing too heavy, about a married guy who wants to win back his wife and the self-assured ladies' man who befriends and guides him. There are some tired movie cliches and you have to suspend reality. The movie was okay, but Steve Carrell's roles need to diversify so he doesn't become this generations' sad sack good guy Matthew Broderick. His hair kept getting darker and darker. Marisa Tomei is a good character actress and lifted the film. Everyone is white, beautiful, and straight.

Quotes

Cal Weaver: "You know a word that is not used very often anymore? Cuckold. I'm cuckolded. David Lindhagen cuckolded me. He made a cuckold out of me. He slept with my wife and I didn't know about it! And that is the definition of cuckoldom. David Lindhagen took my wife and slept with her. Uuch! Thought I did everything right. Got married, had kids, the house. What do I get for it? I get cuckolded? DAVID LINDHAGEN CUCKOLDED ME, HE MADE A CUCKOLD OUT OF ME."

Ranie_Elias
Jul 12, 2012

"I still love you and we can make a family together again..."

Ira_Elias
Jul 09, 2012

"I might be only 13 years old but I know true love....I think about you all the time and one day you will love me too"....

Summary

A wonderful family movie...about a man whose wife cheated on him and wants a divorce and he must learn to live without her...and date again while another man (who is very handsome and has alot of girlfriends) tries to help him...

Ira_Elias
Jul 09, 2012

A wonderful family movie about a man who thought he had the perfect life...until his wife asks him for a divorce and told him that she cheated on him...

SAPPHIREBEAR15
Jun 07, 2012

Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is a middle-aged man who learns that his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) cheated on him with a coworker, David Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon), and wants a divorce. After moving into his own apartment, Cal goes to a bar night after night, talking loudly about his divorce, until he attracts the attention of a young man named Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Jacob is a womanizer who successfully beds women each night, although a young woman named Hannah (Emma Stone) recently had rejected his advances. Jacob takes pity on Cal. Jacob agrees to teach Cal how to pick up women, and the two become friends.